PhD Opportunities in Material Characterization

Jeonbuk National University in South Korea is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity in Nano Interface and Surface Engineering through the Nano Interface and Surface Engineering (NISE) Group. The doctoral thesis will investigate surface treatment technologies, including hot-dip galvanizing, corrosion-resistant coatings, and vacuum deposition. The project is suited to researchers interested in improving the performance, durability, and functional properties of engineered material surfaces and in...

The University of Cambridge is offering a four-year 1+3 MRes/PhD studentship through the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero, in collaboration with Network Rail. The project investigates low-carbon cements and alternative cementitious binders for lower-strength and lower-risk applications across Great Britain's rail infrastructure. Potential applications include walkways and kerbs, blocks and pavers, drainage channels, cable troug...

This PhD position is part of SFI FAST (Future Aluminium Structures) , a national research centre led by NTNU with close collaboration from SINTEF and industrial partners across the aluminium value chain. The project sits in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and focuses on welding and joining research for recycled aluminium, with the candidate embedded in a broader environment that combines academic research, industrial collaboration, and long-term innovation in aluminium ma...

NTNU is offering a PhD Candidate position in Sustainable and Cement-Free Marine Materials at the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering in Gjøvik. The project is positioned within an international and interdisciplinary research environment focused on sustainable blue economy innovation and low-carbon material solutions for marine applications. The PhD project, HAPMarine , addresses the need for alternatives to carbon-intensive, concrete-based marine infrastructure. The research aims t...

Uppsala University is recruiting one full-time PhD student in the recycling of solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries. The position is based at the Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory in Uppsala, Sweden, within the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre. The doctoral project will establish a scientific basis for recycling lithium halide solid electrolytes used in all-solid-state batteries. It investigates how recycling processes and impurities affect crystal structure, ionic transp...

The University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science invites applications for a fully funded 3.5-year DPhil studentship, Fatigue Failure of Target Graphite . The project focuses on graphite composite materials used as proton-beam targets for next-generation neutrino facilities, including DUNE. The research will investigate fatigue failure and degradation mechanisms in target graphite, develop new fatigue-testing methodologies, and study crack initiation and propagation under cyclic loadi...

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Chemical Engineering invites applications for a three-year PhD position in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) processing and modification by reactive extrusion in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. The project will develop next-generation renewable PHA compounds through advanced polymer processing, formulation, compounding, and reactive extrusion. The research will examine relationships between formulation, processing history, polymer structure, and final material properties...

The Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ) in Berlin is offering a PhD student position (f/m/d) on High-Performance Float Zone Crystalline Silicon for Application in Einstein Telescope . This is a research-focused doctoral opportunity in a leading materials science and crystal-growth institute that works across basic research, applied research, and pre-industrial development in cooperation with universities, academies, and industry. The project is linked to the future Einstein Telescope , a ...

Applications are invited for a PhD position (m/f/d) in the group of Jun.-Prof. Frederik Haase at the Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, in Halle (Saale), Germany. The project addresses an important challenge in reticular chemistry: how covalent materials, especially covalent organic frameworks (COFs), can be assembled and disassembled in water in a controlled way. The research is motivated by the potential of water-based assembly to open new biological and medical...